As Greater Boston's community foundation, the Boston Foundation is focused on the myriad of factors which make our city unique and successful. With an emphasis on strengthening this region's competitiveness in the global economy, the Foundation works with many partners to publish cutting edge research, hold public forums, and convene task forces of experts and stakeholders to create action agendas for real change.
A new report from Boston Indicators and the Education to Career strategy team at the Boston Foundation finds the number of school-aged children in Boston shrinking, along with the city's middle class, resulting in a school system increasingly comprised of lower-income students of color.
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A strong economy is perhaps the best time to consider ways to strengthen our workforce development system. In order to do that, Project Catapult is looking to overturn some long-held assumptions about how things should be done that have blocked jobseekers from quality career opportunities.
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A new report from SkillWorks and the Boston Foundation, with Monitor Institute by Deloitte, highlights how more than a dozen Greater Boston workforce providers are working with employers to lead the way in creating a new generation of workers.
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A $1 million investment in early childhood, and an new round of Open Door Grants with a focus on immigration-related work are among the highlights of the latest quarterly grants from the Boston Foundation.
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WBUR's Adrian Ma uses a Boston Indicators newsletter post as the core of a story on seven trends that the Indicators team says capture how Boston's economy has evolved over the past ten years.
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The Somerville Times recognizes the Open Door Grant given to East Somerville Main Streets for it small business assistance program
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Inside Philanthropy profiles the important work of TBF partners and donors Niraj and Jill Shah, whose Shah Family Foundation has expanded fresh food access in Boston Public Schools and supported a number of other critical children's programs in and around the city.
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A piece in Boston Magazine celebrates the slow but vital emergence of hip hop as a key part of Boston's music scene, and the role of Live Arts Boston in helping it happen.
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A new report from Boston Indicators and the Boston Foundation Education to Careers team highlights the steady decline in school-aged population in Boston, and its impact on the city's district and charter school populations.
Download the reportA strong economy is creating a unique moment for a new wave of workforce development. In this report, we explore how "next gen" workforce development organizations are partnering with business, connecting with new groups of job seekers, and focusing on job quality and retention to create new opportunities and a more effective workforce.
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The 2019 Annual Report from the Boston Foundation celebrates the power of partnerships. Meet some of the donors, partners in research, nonprofit leaders, other funders, grassroots activists and our close allies in business and in government who together have made possible remarkable advances in the arts, education, workforce development and more.
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Prepared by MassINC and the Tisch College for Civic Life at Tufts University, MassForward looks at the stark data that show a lack of diversity and competitiveness in our local and state elections, and floats a series of proposals for opening up the system to better serve and protect the rights of voters.
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Our Fall 2019 Newsletter focuses on the powerful ways our donors are making a difference in areas from early childhood, to entrepreneurship, to workforce development. Plus, meet the new Brother Thomas Fellows and the kickoff of a new Campaign for Civivc Leadership.
